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. 2011 Feb 25;34(2):146-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.02.014.

Standing guard at the mucosa

M Juliana McElrath  1
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Standing guard at the mucosa

M Juliana McElrath. Immunity. .
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Abstract

Most successful vaccines elicit antibodies that protect against infection. In this issue of Immunity, Bomsel et al. (2011) show in the rhesus macaque model that vaccine-induced mucosal antibodies, rather than circulating neutralizing antibodies, may be critical components for protective immunity against HIV-1.

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